Androgens and social status in female rock hyraxes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 233-238

  Koren, Lee ^a   Geffen, Eli ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

androstenedione; cortisol; hair testing; Procavia capensis; rock hyrax; sex differences; social status; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; HAIR; LAGOMORPH; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEROID; SURVIVAL;

PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; PROCAVIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57449116548     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.09.031     Document Type: Article

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